Giving Birth in Ontario

In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Isabelle Milot, a midwife working in the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario. Isabelle is originally from Quebec, and has been practising midwifery in southwestern Ontario since 2006. She has chaired an Association of Ontario Midwives’ committee for five years and is currently an elected council member of the Ontario College of Midwives. Isabelle shares with us how the model of midwifery care works in Ontario.

Listen to this episode to find out:

• how women can choose midwifery care in Ontario
• the difference between midwifery care and obstetric care
• the wide scope of care midwives have in Ontario
• how better postnatal care has led to better results for families
• the postnatal program started by the Chatham midwives
• how the Covid pandemic has affected midwifery retention in Ontario
• reasons why midwives in Ontario have been leaving the profession
• how the landscape of working conditions in midwifery is changing in Ontario 
• what happens if a woman’s pregnancy becomes high risk during midwifery care
• what is a woman’s choice in homebirth
• how midwives individual scope of practice may differ, based on their experience

Isabelle is with the midwives at https://midwivesofchathamkent.ca/

The Association of Ontario Midwives is at https://www.ontariomidwives.ca/

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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
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The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier